Sofia Roca stands at the entry to her apartment in in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. In the U.S., she realizes reports she’d heard back in Colombia about earning $1,000 a week were likely hyperbole. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, an immigrant from Colombia, washes clothes at a laundromat in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca packs up to leave Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. Her roommates were headed to eviction court the next week and she didn’t know where she would go if they lost the apartment. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca packs up her belongings on March 29, 2024. Many immigrants have been lured to Aurora, Colorado, by cheaper rent and abundant Spanish speakers, but finding a job and an affordable place to stay has been anything but easy. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, an immigrant from Colombia, packs up her belongings in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024, as she prepares to leave in search of work in another state. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, an immigrant from Colombia, washes clothes at a laundromat in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca packed her belongings as she prepared to leave Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, a 49-year-old immigrant from Colombia, climbs a stairway inside her apartment complex in Aurora, Colo., on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, poses for a portrait on March 29, 2024, as she prepares to leave Aurora, Colorado, in search of more reliable work in another state. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca shops on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, an immigrant from Colombia, washes clothes at a laundromat in Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)
Sofia Roca, an immigrant from Colombia, prepares to leave Aurora, Colorado, on March 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)